CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR CELEBRATION AND FAMILY

Rhett and Lenda Woody
What a wonderful time we had at the Woody Family Christmas party. As a family we love to spend time together and cherish the opportunities we have to do so. My brother Rhett and sister-in-law Lenda always go all out to keep the family connected and especially at Christmas time. We appreciate Lenda's hard work and warm welcome to everyone. She's one in a million. It would have been perfect if only my California son Stewart, his wife Heather and daughter Chloe (the precious angel) could have been with us. LA is such a long way from Huntsville, AL, but they were with us in spirit. I will soon have some wonderful Christmas morning pictures to post.












Tom, Dick and Dan

Grandson Peyton
Front row Parker, Mae Mae, Maddie, Peyton
Back row Marley, Jo Lauren, Caroline, KatiBeth, Joye-Michael
Parker and Peyton














My sister, Laurie



Maddie, Jenny, Kathy
Caroline, KatiBeth, Joye-Michael, Jo Lauren
My Son, Chip
Pam and Beth













Rhett III and Bo

I just read this on "Winning the Future" and it is worth passing on!

On Christmas Day, 1776, nearly all thought the Revolution was lost, except for a valiant few who still believed in "The Cause." We owe our liberty today to those valiant few.

Led by George Washington, most of his army, dressed in rags and barefoot, faced a winter gale of rain, sleet, ice and snow. This band of patriots braved a midnight river crossing and a nine mile march over frozen roads to win a spectacular victory at Trenton, New Jersey, the following morning. Those were indeed times, as Thomas Paine would write, that "try men's souls."

In a season that has become too commercialized and -- worse yet -- had much of its religious meaning driven from the public square, Washington's Christmas crossing is a story that should be remembered and celebrated, this Christmas and every Christmas.

Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Christ, to be with family and friends, and, I would add, to give thanks to God for those who endured so much on that Christmas night, 232 years ago.